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phpList < 3.7.0-RC5 Cross-Site Request Forgery via Bounce Rules
AV AC AT PR UI VC VI VA CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
N L N N P N L L 5.3 .0015 4.7 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
phplist3 unspecified —
TIMELINE
Aug 12 Reserved by VulnCheck
Aug 13 Published (CNA: VulnCheck)
Aug 14 EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-73481 (phplist3). Public exploit reference added.
Description
phpList before 3.7.0-RC5 fail to enforce CSRF token validation on the bounce rule deletion endpoint (bouncerules.php / bouncerule.php). The deletion is performed via a GET request (?page=bouncerules&del=N), and the central CSRF check (verifyCsrfGetToken) is invoked with enforce=false, so it only validates the token when a 'tk' parameter is present. A remote attacker can trick an authenticated administrator into loading a crafted URL (e.g., embedded in an image tag) to delete arbitrary bounce rules from the phplist_bounceregex table without a valid CSRF token.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| August 12, 2026 | Reserved | Reserved by VulnCheck |
| August 13, 2026 | Published | Published (CNA: VulnCheck) |
| August 14, 2026 | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-73481 (phplist3). Public exploit reference added. |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 1 row
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| phplist | phplist3 | — | — | — |
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